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Saturday, 20 July 2013

We Will Meet 20,000 Megawatt Target By 2014 - Namadi Sambo


The Federal Government has restated its commitment to ensuring the generation of 20,000MW of power by 2014.

Vice-President Namadi Sambo made the government’s position known during a joint meeting of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company and National Council on Privatisation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Sambo commended the management of the NDPHC for successfully completing the building of 10 National Integrated Power Project plants across the country.

He said Prssident Goodluck Jonathan would soon begin the commissioning of the plants and that the challenge of non-availability of gas to power the plants had been resolved.

Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi who explained  on the outcome of the consultative meeting said final approval will come from the joint meeting of the NDPHC board and NCP to approve the final transactions for the interest of the citizenry.

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